Circumcision is a Painful, Costly and Unnecessary Procedure
Target:Centers for Disease Control Sponsored by:Intact America
No medical society in the world recommends male circumcision - yet newborn circumcision is the most common surgical procedure in the U.S.
Safer sexual practices and abstinence - not circumcision - prevent sexually transmitted diseases. And we know that there is NO link between infant circumcision and better health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reviewing new health claims about the "benefits" of circumcision - and may recommend this unnecessary surgery for our baby boys based on flawed studies that ignore the risks and ethics of circumcision.
As a U.S. agency safeguarding public health, the CDC has a responsibility to share the truth about this painful and unnecessary practice. Help prevent a government recommendation of routine newborn male circumcision by signing our petition to the CDC.
We took action on “Circumcision is a Painful, Costly and Unnecessary Procedure”!
# 13,675:
10:21 am PST, Nov 21,Loris Caldero, Massachusetts
I would feel it a violation of my human rights if anyone restrained me and took to me with a scalpel or any device used for amputation. Circumcision should be a voluntary procedure. There are already laws in America that protect female babies from genital mutilation.
# 13,674:
1:25 am PST, Nov 21,Debra Marks, Maine
# 13,673:
10:15 pm PST, Nov 20,Barbara McLendon, Georgia
# 13,672:
9:49 pm PST, Nov 20,Soo Thacker, Alaska
# 13,671:
8:03 pm PST, Nov 20,Colleen Gray-mackey, Delaware
# 13,670:
7:41 pm PST, Nov 20,Glen Kading, Arizona
Not needed!
# 13,669:
6:24 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, New Hampshire
ITS NOT YOUR DECISION ON WHAT TO DO WITH OUR CHILDREN! CONTROL FREAKS!
# 13,668:
5:22 pm PST, Nov 20,George Tolleson, North Carolina
# 13,667:
4:41 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Connecticut
If abstinence and the use of condoms are not forced upon people then circumcision should not be forced on all male newborns.
# 13,666:
3:22 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, California
It's time for genital equality in the United States.
# 13,665:
1:39 pm PST, Nov 20,Heather Burcham, Arkansas
# 13,664:
12:17 pm PST, Nov 20,Susana Lax, Florida
15 square inches of the most sensitive tissue (average adult foreskin) should never be amputated from a non-consenting human.
# 13,663:
9:15 am PST, Nov 20,Kelly Cirone, Missouri
# 13,662:
8:51 am PST, Nov 20,David Le Sauvage, Canada
15 square inches of the most sensitive tissue (average adult foreskin) should never be amputated from a non-consenting human.
# 13,661:
8:48 am PST, Nov 20,Robert Redmon, Ohio
# 13,660:
8:47 am PST, Nov 20,Gaye Gamble, California
# 13,659:
6:26 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Virginia
It is unethical to perform this on an infant who cannot understand or consent to the procedure.
# 13,658:
4:20 am PST, Nov 20,FreeSpirit Running, Florida
I really don't believe in this. All children should have a right when they get older to make that decision.
# 13,657:
8:57 pm PST, Nov 19,Michael Johnson, Utah
# 13,656:
8:45 pm PST, Nov 19,Garry Macnab, Canada
i was circumcired at birth i did not have any say about 10 years ago i found out about foreskin restoration this is something i should not have to do if it was left up to me moms & dads let your son make up his own discion about circumcision
# 13,655:
8:16 pm PST, Nov 19,Daniel Freese, Minnesota
It is a criminal act to purposely destroy healthy tissue for profit.
# 13,654:
6:54 pm PST, Nov 19,Brande Pickerel, Washington
# 13,653:
1:49 pm PST, Nov 19,Name not displayed, Colorado
# 13,652:
11:59 am PST, Nov 19,Cassidy Kirkpatrick, Wisconsin
circumcision is genital mutilation.
